Battles for the Stars (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. III) - Various
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Story 2 of Battles for the Stars.
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Larry Fillmore stared at his beer and mentally roasted his fight manager for the fiftieth time. Human beings were supposed to be the toughest race that the galaxy had ever spawned, but as a fighter, Larry didn't put too much faith in the theory. He had fought a good many races throughout the galaxy, and although he had always come out the winner, he had plenty of scars to show for it. we looked around the bar it was full of various beings none of them human except himself what am i doing here he asked himself i'm sitting in a cheap little bar on dornell four waiting for a denalian fighter to kill me to-morrow but there was no way out of it puma thought bitterly Blackmer, his manager, had the whole thing sewed up.
Larry had found out, three months before, that Blackmer was cheating him. But that had been too late. According to the contract, Larry had to finish the season or go to prison. If he quit, he would, according to the law, be cheating his manager. On the other hand, if he got killed during the battle, his entire check would go to Blackmer. So Blackmer had done the smart thing. For him. He had lined up Lowry with Fornax Kedron, the champion of Dernell. The Dernellians were big, eight feet high, with fingers that ended in razor-sharp claws. Of course, Lowry would be provided with steel extensions on his fingers, but they wouldn't help much. Lowry had never learned to use them. Fornax Kedron killed him in the first round.
larry took another sip of his beer and stared forlornly at the bar with his fingers he traced meaningless designs in the moisture left by the cold glass maybe he was taking a coward's way out but it was the only way he could see better a live coward he thought than a dead hero another bar bartender he called finishing the one he held coming up earth man the beer arrived and he took a sip training the hell with it he thought happily he was going to get himself completely stewed to-night live high die young and have a good-looking corpse or maybe it would be better simply to get aboard a spaceship and try to get away maybe the interstellar police would never find him he shook his head dismally that wouldn't work either nothing would work if only he'd had some practice fighting a denelian
he reached out for his beer not noticing that someone had taken the vacant seat next to him his elbow collided with a glass the glass tipped pouring a green bubbling liquor all over the donellian sitting next to him stupid earth men snapped the donellian contemptuously a clumsy beast like you shouldn't be allowed to enter a public place with one hairy paw the denaliens shoved against larry's shoulder intending to push him off the barstool larry moved back more in astonishment than anything else he hadn't known that denaliens had any particular prejudice against earthmen
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What promotional messages are being repeated at the beginning of this segment?
0:00–11:48
2
How does the narrative shift into the story of Larry Fillmore and the Denelian brawl?
11:48–1:35:07
3
What new conflict is introduced with the "Hour of Battle" reading?
1:35:07–2:14:35
4
Where does the anthology move on to the "Invisible Enemy" tale?
2:14:35–2:52:29
5
What is the comedic wrap‑up at the very start of this segment?
2:52:29–2:57:03
6
How does the scene move from the fog‑filled ruins to Ruddy’s clash with Molly?
2:57:03–3:46:36
7
What conflict erupts between Ruddy and Ida and how does their trek across the ruined bridge unfold?
3:46:36–4:35:55
8
How does the narrative jump from the bridge saga to the Grom expedition and then to the Project Hush / Diplomatic Immunity storylines?
4:35:55–4:47:06
Speakers
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On the Incarnation-Athanasius of Alexandria
Introduction to The Philosophy of History-Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Three Homilies concerning the Power of Demons-St. John Chrysostom
Love-at-Arms-Rafael Sabatini